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Research Article

Relationship of Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) over-reporting scales to performance validity testing in a military neuropsychological sample

, M.A.ORCID Icon, , PhDORCID Icon & , PhD, ABPP-CNORCID Icon
Pages 484-493 | Received 11 Aug 2021, Accepted 23 Nov 2021, Published online: 29 Mar 2022

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